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Game Preview: DET @ CHW, 2:05pm, Thursday, July 26, 2007 @U.S. Cellular Field

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Detroit Tigers, 60-40, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Justin Verlander (24, RHP, 11-3, 3.40)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (11-3)           121.2 101  51  46  42 110 11    3.40      
 2006 (17-9)           186   187  78  75  60 124 21    3.63      
 2005 (0-2)             11.1  15   9   9   5   7  1    7.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-1  46.2  36  22  20  16  54  4    3.86   58 
 2007-07-21    KCR  ND   5.2   7   5   4   2   7  1      96   42 
 2007-07-15    SEA   W   7     8   4   4   1   6  0     106   50 
 2007-07-05    CLE   W   7     6   3   2   0   7  1     110   62 
 2007-06-29    MIN   L   5     4   6   6   5   5  1      99   35 
 2007-06-23    ATL   W   7     4   1   1   2  11  1     110   74 
 2007-06-17    PHI   W   6     7   3   3   2   6  0      98   50 
 2007-06-12    MIL   W   9     0   0   0   4  12  0     112   95 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      1-3  29.2  35  19  18  12  18  9    5.46   44 
 2007-04-22    CHW  ND   7     4   3   3   5   6  1     113   58 
 2006-09-19    CHW   L   4.2   6   6   6   3   2  3      93   27 
 2006-08-21    CHW   W   7     5   1   1   2   2  1     103   63 
 2006-08-11    CHW   L   5    13   5   4   0   4  2      98   27 
 2006-06-07    CHW   L   6     7   4   4   2   4  2     103   44 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   26-21   Road:   34-19   ExtrInn: 5-6 
 vsRHP:  38-33   vsLHP:  22-7    1-Run:  20-13
 vsEast: 13-9    vsCntrl:23-19   vsWest: 10-8  IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
100 Wed, Jul 25  @CHW  W  13-9       60-40  1st  1.5 up
 99 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   7-8       59-40  1st  1.5 up
 98 Tue, Jul 24  @CHW  L   3-5       59-39  1st  1.5 up
 97 Mon, Jul 23  @CHW  W   9-6       59-38  1st  2.0 up
 96 Sun, Jul 22   KCR  L   2-5       58-38  1st  1.0 up
 95 Sat, Jul 21   KCR  W  10-8 (10)  58-37  1st  2.0 up
 94 Fri, Jul 20   KCR  L   2-10      57-37  1st  1.0 up
 93 Thu, Jul 19  @MIN  W   4-3 (10)  57-36  1st  2.0 up
 92 Wed, Jul 18  @MIN  W   3-2       56-36  1st  2.0 up
 91 Tue, Jul 17  @MIN  W   1-0       55-36  1st  1.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Chicago White Sox, 45-56, 4th, 15½ GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: John Danks (22, LHP, 6-7, 4.88)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-7)            101.1 112  58  55  40  76 18    4.88      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  39.2  43  25  25  14  32  7    5.67   46 
 2007-07-21    BOS   L   6     7   4   4   3   4  0      90   43 
 2007-07-16    CLE   W   5.2   8   5   5   1   4  2     102   36 
 2007-07-05    BAL   W   6.1   7   5   5   1   3  1     108   41 
 2007-06-30    KCR  ND   8     4   1   1   1   6  1      96   75 
 2007-06-25    TBD   W   5     4   4   4   4   3  1      88   42 
 2007-06-19    FLA  ND   4     8   4   4   1   7  1      89   36 
 2007-06-13    PHI  ND   4.2   5   2   2   3   5  1     103   48 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.DET      0-1  10.2  15   8   8   3  10  1    6.75   41 
 2007-04-25    DET   L   6     9   4   4   0   6  0     104   44 
 2007-04-20    DET  ND   4.2   6   4   4   3   4  1      94   37 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   21-27   Road:   24-29   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  35-35   vsLHP:  10-21   1-Run:   9-14
 vsEast: 13-16   vsCntrl:19-18   vsWest:  9-8  IL: 4-14

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
101 Wed, Jul 25   DET  L   9-13      45-56  4th 15.5 gb
100 Tue, Jul 24   DET  W   8-7       45-55  4th 14.5 gb
 99 Tue, Jul 24   DET  W   5-3       44-55  4th 14.5 gb
 98 Mon, Jul 23   DET  L   6-9       43-55  4th 16.5 gb
 97 Sun, Jul 22  @BOS  L   5-8       43-54  4th 15.5 gb
 96 Sat, Jul 21  @BOS  L   2-11      43-53  4th 15.5 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 20  @BOS  L   3-10      43-52  4th 14.5 gb
 94 Thu, Jul 19  @BOS  W   4-2       43-51  4th 14.5 gb
 93 Wed, Jul 18  @CLE  W   5-1       42-51  4th 14.5 gb
 92 Tue, Jul 17  @CLE  L   5-6 (11)  41-51  4th 14.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:16-14
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jul 25, 2007 DET 13 @CHW  9    W:Jason Grilli (5-2), L: Jose Contreras (5-13), S: Tim Byrdak (1)
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 CHW  8  DET  7    W:Matt Thornton (3-3), L: Zach Miner (1-2), S: Bobby Jenks (28)
Tue, Jul 24, 2007 CHW  5  DET  3    W:Javier Vazquez (8-5), L: Jeremy Bonderman (10-2), S: Bobby Jenks (27)
Mon, Jul 23, 2007 DET  9 @CHW  6    W:Jason Grilli (4-2), L: Mark Buehrle (7-6), S: Todd Jones (27)
Wed, Apr 25, 2007 DET  6 @CHW  2    W:Chad Durbin (1-1), L: John Danks (0-3), S: Todd Jones (8)
Sun, Apr 22, 2007 DET  6  CHW  5 (12)   W:Jason Grilli (1-1), L: Nick Masset (1-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 21, 2007 CHW  7 @DET  5 (10)   W:David Aardsma (2-0), L: Fernando Rodney (1-4), S: Bobby Jenks (6)
Fri, Apr 20, 2007 CHW  5 @DET  4    W:Nick Masset (1-0), L: Jason Grilli (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (5)

Wed, Sep 20, 2006 DET  6 @CHW  2    W:Jeremy Bonderman (13-8), L: Jon Garland (17-6), S: none
Tue, Sep 19, 2006 CHW  7  DET  0    W:Freddy Garcia (15-9), L: Justin Verlander (16-9), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 4-4; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; 2005 - CHW won 14-5; All-Time - DET leads 981-960

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET  5.82

TOR  4.65

WSN  3.77

RA/G

SDP  3.65

CLE  4.73

TBD  6.27

BA

M. Ordonez  .353

J. Rollins  .288

R. Langerhans  .156

OBP

B. Bonds  .494

D. Johnson  .360

D. Navarro  .244

SLG

R. Braun  .664

K. Mench  .454

D. Navarro  .264

OPS

A. Rodriguez  1.073

N. Swisher  .815

D. Navarro  .508

ERA

C. Young  1.82

A. Pettitte  4.12

J. Contreras  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.12

B. Arroyo  6.36

A. Cook  3.12

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Detroit Tigers Batters (5.89 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.16 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB
63.Bukvich
G/S/vB
40.Haeger
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
62.Wassermann
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Casey* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 339/284 .294/.357/.389/.746 .778/.740 .741 83/.741 2/1 2/1
28.Granderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 4/.000 6/.533 ··· 428/341 .303/.356/.574/.930 .564/1.023 1.019 104/.994 11/0 15/4
9.Guillen# G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/2.000 6/.666 ··· 377/289 .309/.379/.526/.905 1.022/.881 .866 99/.722 7/6 14/19
24.Hessman G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 9/6 .375/.333/.750/1.083 .666/1.333 1.083 9/1.083 0/0 1/0
20.Infante G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 4/.666 ··· 140/82 .252/.279/.311/.590 .686/.521 .587 38/.267 4/1 1/3
15.Inge G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· ··· 8/.500 1/2.000 4/1.250 1/.000 363/277 .248/.334/.410/.744 .928/.688 .740 85/.562 6/1 12/12
27.Monroe G/S/vP 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.286 2/.500 4/1.000 ··· 324/239 .224/.269/.398/.667 .946/.567 .736 61/.545 0/3 11/3
30.Ordonez G/S/vP 6/2.033 5/1.100 ··· 7/1.000 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 425/321 .353/.431/.579/1.010 1.243/.937 1.001 100/.751 2/1 15/1
14.Polanco G/S/vP 6/.666 1/no AB ··· 7/.715 4/1.000 2/1.500 ··· 400/295 .332/.376/.438/.814 .798/.819 .726 80/.946 3/2 4/0
58.Rabelo# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 105/92 .287/.333/.404/.737 .802/.728 .855 30/.967 0/0 0/3
25.Raburn G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 24/12 .500/.565/1.050/1.615 1.389/1.818 1.579 24/1.615 1/0 3/0
7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/1.500 ··· ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 2/2.500 ··· 338/236 .289/.302/.443/.745 .775/.731 .745 73/.746 0/2 9/5
3.Sheffield G/S/vP 6/1.417 2/no AB ··· 4/.000 3/.000 4/2.750 ··· 430/328 .298/.405/.545/.950 .985/.938 .874 96/1.047 17/4 23/0
IP 101.1 18.2 10.0 42.1 29.0 33.0 3.1 TOTAL .290/.351/.472/.823 .874/.805 .819 55/22 122/69
ERA-K/9 4.88/6.8 3.38/3.9 5.40/0.9 3.61/7.9 5.59/6.2 5.45/7.6 8.10/8.2 4.88/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Rabelo (13-6-3)
 Rodriguez (34-12-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 445/.281 82/.261 48/.350 168/.233 128/.292 150/.293 13/.273 .276  Granderson
 Monroe
 Ordonez
 Sheffield
 Infante
 Raburn
0/98/0/7
85/0/0/5
0/0/91/3
7/0/7/1
1/12/6/0
2/3/4/0
OPS .842 .793 .776 .592 .771 .824 .658 .775
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 104/.834 29/.560 21/.585 74/.607 59/.616 63/.888 4/1.000 .784
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 341/.844 53/.918 27/.916 94/.579 69/.893 87/.779 9/.476 .767
Home 180/.835 51/1.030 7/1.334 83/.629 80/.823 72/1.047 6/.666 .799
Last 28d days 106/.785 41/.579 48/.776 46/.646 41/1.044 40/.800 13/.658
HR/SB/CS 18/8/1 2/1/0 0/2/0 2/4/0 4/2/1 3/0/1 0/1/0 103/58/16
Usage ····X··· ·Xo···X· ···XX··X ·X····o· ·X··o··· ·oo···oo ·oo·Xo··
Chicago White Sox Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 35.Verlander
G/S/vB
52.Durbin
G/S/vB
49.Grilli
G/S/vB
59.Jones
G/S/vB
43.McBride*
G/S/vB
31.Miner
G/S/vB
44.Seay*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Cintron# G/S/vP 11/1.181 1/.000 2/4.000 3/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 139/124 .238/.288/.300/.588 .785/.565 .540 34/.759 1/1 0/6
23.Dye G/S/vP 17/1.596 7/.143 8/.625 16/.688 1/no AB 5/1.400 3/.333 351/250 .229/.288/.448/.736 .864/.685 .637 82/.826 2/1 17/2
27.Fields G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 179/121 .253/.316/.444/.760 1.170/.567 .836 107/.835 1/0 8/4
26.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 109/44 .228/.343/.337/.680 .661/.703 .809 57/.670 1/3 2/0
44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 62/28 .213/.210/.230/.440 .568/.286 .341 30/.474 0/0 0/2
15.Iguchi G/S/vP 14/.748 8/1.518 5/.200 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 373/255 .250/.339/.383/.722 .649/.753 .787 106/.830 8/1 6/6
14.Konerko G/S/vP 17/.352 28/1.020 10/1.822 11/.773 2/.000 4/1.167 3/.000 422/302 .263/.358/.510/.868 .919/.846 .896 118/1.091 0/0 22/3
10.Mackowiak* G/S/vP 8/.500 4/.750 3/1.167 12/.583 1/2.000 2/3.000 ··· 262/223 .286/.363/.429/.792 .720/.804 .808 70/1.254 3/1 6/3
7.Owens* G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 145/118 .244/.292/.267/.559 .504/.570 .552 88/.646 11/3 0/1
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 16/1.125 9/.476 8/.536 14/.539 1/.000 4/1.000 3/.000 331/250 .264/.308/.391/.699 .696/.700 .652 83/.684 0/1 8/2
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 14/.770 5/.000 7/.143 3/.666 ··· 6/.900 3/1.167 87/55 .256/.333/.372/.705 .776/.664 .640 26/.405 5/3 1/2
25.Thome* G/S/vP 18/1.996 20/1.000 2/1.500 17/2.047 2/1.500 4/.500 3/1.167 318/207 .283/.440/.541/.981 .632/1.190 1.107 124/.983 0/0 17/0
5.Uribe G/S/vP 3/1.000 9/1.194 6/.250 1/.000 ··· 5/.200 1/3.000 334/239 .218/.273/.333/.606 .748/.548 .669 94/.527 1/5 9/10
IP 121.2 93.2 48.0 42.1 24.0 21.2 27.1 TOTAL .245/.320/.391/.711 .713/.710 .742 46/25 108/61
ERA-K/9 3.40/8.1 4.23/4.9 5.44/6.9 4.89/4.9 4.13/8.6 3.32/5.8 2.96/5.6 4.39/6.5

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (14-2-3)
 Pierzynski (42-14-10)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 513/.222 404/.258 215/.271 188/.282 113/.245 95/.277 111/.250 .266  Dye
 Mackowiak
 Gonzalez
 Owens
 Podsednik
0/0/82/8
58/0/15/4
14/8/10/2
11/28/0/1
20/0/0/0
OPS .653 .757 .761 .715 .702 .730 .647 .762
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.703 190/.718 65/.780 104/.760 49/.608 33/.626 58/.484 .732
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 251/.601 214/.792 150/.753 84/.658 64/.775 62/.784 53/.827 .781
Road 252/.633 260/.684 105/.558 98/.708 51/.583 71/.753 59/.757 .751
Last 28d days 109/.748 52/.791 56/.557 46/.511 33/.670 45/.789 29/.678
HR/SB/CS 11/2/1 15/5/1 4/0/1 1/1/0 2/1/0 1/1/3 1/1/0 109/47/18
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··X ··X·Xo·X ··o·o·oX ·oo·o··o ·Xo·o·X· ·ooo··oo

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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